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The 'Late Show' host marked the one-year anniversary of the Mueller probe into Russian influence in the election by sharing highlights from the transcript of Donald Trump Jr.'s Senate Judiciary testimony, in which he claimed, "I do not recall" multiple times.

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Eileen Rivers, USA TODAY Opinion

Stephen Colbert opened Thursday's Late Show by wishing his audience, "Happy one-year anniversary of the Mueller investigation. It's a special night: I got you this monologue! And the Senate gave us all something big."

He noted how Trump Jr. told his interviewers that he left his father out of the loop on the June 2016 meeting where they were anticipating dirt on Hillary Clinton courtesy of the Russians, saying, "I wouldn't have wasted his time on it."

Colbert then imagined the rest of Trump Jr.'s response: "Because Dad gets angry when you interrupt his toilet burger." He also noted that the transcript of his testimony shows that after Don Jr. set up this meeting with help from a Russian oligarch's son — as you do when you're not colluding — he immediately made a four-minute mystery call to a blocked number, and earlier testimony revealed that Trump's primary residence had a blocked number. Although it comes up on Don Jr.'s phone as 'definitely not Dad.' Then right after the call to the blocked number, he called the oligarch's son back."

Colbert concluded, "I don't know if that's the smoking gun but if you still believe Don Jr., I want $5 worth of whatever you're smoking. Because Don Jr. claims he doesn't remember who he spoke with on that call. Sure, he could have been speaking to anyone between two calls to a Russian oligarch's son while planning to collude with the Russian government. 'Hello, Domino's? You'll never guess who has dirt on Hillary Clinton.' "

Colbert added, "And that wasn't the only thing he couldn't remember, noting how often he said he couldn't recall something. He also noted that some people aren't as forgiving of memory lapses during testimony as others, "like Donald Trump Jr.," pointing out a five-year-old tweet.